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Boughton Chicken Coop by Forsham Cottage Arks

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Boughton Chicken Coop by Forsham Cottage Arks

The Boughton is our best selling traditional chicken house and provides comfortable accommodation for up to six chickens. This wooden chicken coop is the ideal solution for the first time chicken keeper that wants to keep up to six hens. The Boughton chicken ark is designed for all breeds of chickens including bantams and medium sized birds and this hen house makes chicken keeping easy.

Hens love roaming around outside the Boughton Chicken Coop

A gingernut ranger perching on the roosting bar of the Boughton Chicken Ark

The Boughton is our best selling traditional chicken house and provides comfortable accommodation for up to six chickens. This wooden chicken coop is the ideal solution for the first time chicken keeper that wants to keep up to six hens. The Boughton chicken ark is designed for all breeds of chickens including bantams and medium sized birds and this hen house makes chicken keeping easy.

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Timeless Chicken Coop Design

Timeless Chicken Coop Design

Its elegant design has stood the test of time and has become a chicken house design classic. The Boughton is our best selling wooden chicken house and provides comfortable accommodation for up to six chickens. It is the ideal solution for the first time chicken keeper.

The Boughton hen house is specifically designed for bantams and medium sized birds, who will find the warm interior and private nest box very much to their liking.

Features

Nest Box

The unique nesting box night shutter stops the chickens sleeping in the nesting box, dramatically reducing the amount of droppings that the chickens leave in the nest box and cutting down on egg cleaning time.

Roosting Bar

The solid, single-piece roosting bar provides a solid place for your chickens to perch while they sleep.

Retractable Ramp

The Ramp that sits between the roosting area and the run can be easily retracted to keep your chickens warm and safe at night. Simply pull the rope on the outside of the house and up it comes!

Forsham Cottage Arks

Forsham Cottage Arks

Forsham Cottage Arks have been making chicken arks since 1979. In 2011 Forsham became a part of Omlet. Over three decades, Forsham have learnt what makes both pets and their owners happy. Designed for ease of use and durability, Forsham products have been tried and tested by tens of thousands of happy customers.

Forsham's History

Forsham's History

1979 - An unemployed printer, recently made redundant from the Kentish Messenger, returns to his old paper to place a small advert: 'Good Quality Poultry House For Sale.' It results in fifteen enquiries and seven orders. Forsham Cottage Arks is born.

1983 - As the volume of orders increases, Forsham takes on their first employee - a retired joiner from their village called Lenny

1988 - Forsham begins to sell its products through Harrods. Kew Gardens installs a Forsham Dovecote on its grounds.

1990 - Forsham exhibits its products at the Chelsea Flower Show. The stand proves very popular and they are asked to return the following year.

Only The Best Timber

Made from Slow Growing Spruce

Unlike cheaper chicken houses that are made of low-grade softwood, we use only the best sustainably-farmed Slow Growing Spruce for our chicken houses. With a high strength to weight ratio, other uses of this versatile wood include rowing oars, piano sound boards and ladder rails.

All the sections we use are planed all round so there are no scruffy faces or splinters, so the wood is ready for you to paint as soon as it arrives.

Specifications

Boughton Specifications

The Forsham Cottage Arks Boughton Chicken Ark is designed for up to six medium sized chickens. As they require additional head height in the nesting area, the Boughton is not recommended for larger breeds such as Buff Orpingtons or Cochins.

Please note, Boughton Chicken Coops are delivered on pallets. If you have restricted access please mention this on your order notes

Painting and preserving your Boughton

Painting and preserving your Boughton

Choose the colour and appearance of your Boughton to suit your hens and your garden!

Your Boughton will arrive untreated in it's natural form. It is important that you treat your Boughton before placing it outside and before using it with chickens. You should follow the wood treatment manufacturers guidelines for suitability.

A close up of the untreated Boughton

30 Day Money Back Guarantee

30 Day Money Back Guarantee

We're so confident that you'll love everything about your Forsham Chicken Coop that we offer a 30 day, no quibble, money back guarantee. If for any reason you are not entirely satisfied with the Boughton or the chickens you can send it back to us for a full refund. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Please note that your Boughton Chicken Coop will need to be treated with a suitable preservative before use, such as Ronseal 5 Year Wood Stain . Please follow the instructions on the can for use.

Your Reviews - Boughton Chicken Coop by Forsham Cottage Arks

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Highly recommended
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Carlene,
30 May 2020

I have had my enclosure and coop for nearly 10 years and it’s not showing it’s age a great credit to the quality materials used. We have just moved our whole enclosure and it looks close to new.

I'm delighted with this arc.
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Rebecca,
2 May 2020

The arc was delivered promptly and went together very easily.
Three rescue hens settled in very quickly, laying well!

Fantastic design
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Caitlin,
6 October 2019

We bought this coop for our three chickens

Bit cramped for 3 hens, better for bantams
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Lysbeth,
21 June 2019

I bought this model because I didn't want plastic but it came with an enormous amount of polystyrene that won't fit in my bin. It is sturdy and well make but I think the wood should have been treated in the factory. The postage was outrageously expensive considering it too nearly 2 weeks to arrive.The design is really good except the rope is too slippery and the hook doesnt stay in place. It is easy to clean and collect eggs.

Great coupe
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Jennifer,
15 June 2019

Great chicken coupe. Straight forward to assemble. Strong and attractive in the garden.